Black Forest
A driving tour of the Black Forest in southern Germany, firstly staying at Titisee in the south, from where we visit Triberg and it's waterfalls, Waldkirch and the city of Freiburg. We then visit the nearby Lake Schluchsee, Altglashutten, Lenzkirch and Loffingen. Travelling north, we then pass through St Margen, St Peter and Haslach, before reaching our second base in the north of the Forest at Durbach. From here we visit the towns of Offenburg, Hausach, and Villingen, and the lovely villages of Gengenbach and Schiltach.
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STREET VIEW: Hüfingen im Schwarzwald in GERMANY
Eigentlich wollte ich zunächst in das Römerbad in Hüfingen, aber dies ist noch bis Mai 2015 geschlossen. Deshalb heute zunächst ein Rundgang durch die Altstadt von Hüfingen und im Mai kommt dann noch das imposante Bad aus der Zeit des römischen Reichs. Wir starten an der Insel und gehen über die Hauptstrasse bis zur Pfarrhausstrasse und dann wieder alles zurück.
SIGHTSEEING in Füssen in Bayern in GERMANY
Mit freier Musik von frametraxx.de sehen wir uns die Altstadt von Füssen in Bayern an. We do sightseeing in the city of Füssen in Bavaria in South Germany and nearby to the castle of Neuschwanstein.
STREET VIEW: Der Rheinfall in SWITZERLAND
Wir starten unten am Wasserfall und gehen hinauf bis zum Fußweg auf die andere Rheinseite. Im Juni 2015 war der Rheinfall prall gefüllt mit Wasser und dies bei besten Lichtverhältnissen.
We start at the bottom of the Rhinefall and go upstairs with the walking camera. The filming took place in June 2015 with lots of water in the Waterfalls.
STREET VIEW: Stühlingen am Schwarzwald in GERMANY
Wir starten unseren Rundgang durch Stühlingen in der Hauptstraße vor dem Zapfhahn. Es geht dann weiter über die Stadtweg in die Altstadt hinauf. Dort gehen wir zunächst durch die Schloßstraße in die Herrengasse und dann weiter durch die Gerberstraße. Über den Loretoweg erreichen wir das Kapuzinerkloster Stühlingen. Hinter dem Kloster mit Blick hinunter in das Tal endet unser Rundgang.
We walk through the city of Stühlingen nearby to the Black Forest in South Germany with its downtown on the hill and its monastry.
Shops and Town Centre, Titisee, Germany
Video of the shops and town centre in Titisee, Black Forest, Germany. I've also posted a vid of the Lake.
STREET VIEW: Immenstadt im Allgäu in GERMANY
Wir starten mit unserem Rundgang auf dem Kirchplatz in Immenstadt. Anschließend gehen wir über den Marienplatz und weiter bis zum Klosterplatz. Über den St. Nikolausplatz gehen wir in die Kapuzinergasse und von dort aus weiter in die Hofgartenstraße. Weiter geht es An der Stadtmauer über die Rothenfelsstraße und die Bahnhofstraße bis zum Ausgangspunkt am Marienplatz.
We walk through the inner city of Immenstadt in Bavaria in the south of Germany and nearby to the Alps.
Neustadt in Sachsen, Germany
Neustadt, a town in the south east of Germany is nestled in the Neustädter Valley between the ridges of the Hohwald and the Ungerberg only a couple of kilometres from the Czech border. The valley lies between the Lusatian Highlands and the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and is known for the spring snowflakes that grow here.
Neustadt was first mentioned in 1333 in connection with gold mining. The founders of the town were miners. Gold has never been found here despite numerous attempts to look for it. Nonetheless the town continued to grow as it was an important crossroads of two trade routes, the salt road from Halle (Saale) to Prague and the pilgrim road from Bautzen to the Bohemian pilgrimage town of Mariaschein which is today called Bohosudov. The first church, the Hospitalkirche, probably stood on the former pilgrim road even before the founding of the town, at the Hospitalstraße. Soon after the founding of the town, the Jakobikirche was built, either named after the Saint James or because it stood on the medieval St. James’ Way.
Initially, the city belonged to the Kingdom of Bohemia before becoming part of Saxony in 1451.
Industries included metal working, tractor production and during WW2 88mm anti aircraft weapons.
At the beginning of May 1945, some of Neustadt's inhabitants decided to hand over their town, which had no regular troops, to the advancing Red Army and 2nd Polish Army. The capitulation was offered by hoisting white flags. Nonetheless a die hard Hitler Youth leader thought differently. He had entrenched himself in the school with some Hitler Youth boys and opened fire on the approaching Soviet and Polish armies. Fire was met with fire including heavy weapons which damaged a great deal of the town and caused massive conflagrations. Half of the buildings around the market square were destroyed. Only the intervention of the Catholic and Protestant pastors who were able to plead with the Soviet commander spared the rest of the city. The Catholic priest spoke Sorbian which is similar enough to Polish and Russian to be understandable and this saved the town from complete destruction.
In the DDR, Neustadt was a centre of agricultural machinery production and because of this the population doubled from 1948 to 1984. Other industries included knife and artificial flower production. Today the most important local business is Capron which makes recreational vehicles on the site of the former anti aircraft and later agricultural implements factory. Unemployment currently stands at around ten percent and this is the best figure since the 1990s. You can see the Capron factory in another film!
Town Hall
The Town Hall in the middle of the market square was built around 1700. Above the town hall portal one finds the coats of arms of Meissen and Neustädt. The town hall clock tower is copper-plated. Some say that the shape of the town hall is reminiscent of a mining hut. Near the town hall we find the town hall tower with the clock. The building resembles a hut house, which may be explained by the founding history of the town by Freiberg miners.
Distance pillar in the market square
Elector Friedrich August I of Saxony had a number of distance columns put up in the first half of the 18th century in his Electorate. The distance pillar in Neustadt has been moved although not very far and it is almost at its original location on the east side of the town hall on the market square and bears the date 1729. Until 1888, it stood in front of the town hall, was then removed to a park in front of the imperial post office. In 1929 it returned to the marketplace. It has been repaired and restored. The distance information is given to many surrounding cities using the old form of measurement Wegstunden (1 St. = 7,531m).
The tallest building in Neustadt is the tower of the neo-gothic style Protestant St. Jacobi church. The church was first mentioned in 1346. Since then there have been several church buildings made of wood and later also of stone, some of which were dilapidated or no longer fit the requirements of the growing city. The oldest surviving part of the church is the 16th century chancel. The tower with its clock can be seen far from the surrounding hills and therefore anyone who had good eyesight could always read the exact time even at a time when people did not own their own wristwatch – or have a telephone as things are now! In addition to the services, numerous concerts are held in the church.
Neustadt's oldest building is the vicarage, built in 1616, with its Renaissance-style entrance portal and its exposed Franconian framework.
The catholic church named after St. Gertrude was built 1927-1928.
Extreme Bobkart Ride at Window of the World (Amazon Bobkart Slide)
Window of the World theme park ride called: Amazon Bobkart Slide (or Amazon Forest Crossing). You get to control the speed of the bobkart and resembles and powered luge ride. In the video you can see a full stop (using the break controlled by your hand) and full speed to measure the power of the bobkart. The ride is called 亚马逊丛林穿梭 in Chinese and is literally translated as Amazon Jungle Shuttle. Window of the World (世界之窗) is a theme park located in Shenzhen, China. 亚马逊丛林穿梭
Catholic procession to Stiklestad Church 2011
Clergy and members of The Norwegian Catholic Church walk in procession for celebrating the holy mass in the old medieval church at Stiklestad, Norway. The event took place 2011-07-31 as part of celebration of Olsok, the feast of St. Olaf, patron saint of Norway.